####Overview

An internal affairs investigation of Sinclair forces him to answer for his recent command decisions. Ivanova confronts a member of Psi-Corps, as well as her own fears, when she is told to submit to a scan.
####Guest Stars

Gregory Martin as Col. Ari Ben Zayn. Jeffrey Combs as Harriman Gray.
####Lurk

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/016.html
####Backplot

The unrest on Mars is continuing to escalate; now the separatists have started carrying out terrorist attacks and are arming themselves. (cf. “A Voice in the Wilderness”)
####Unanswered Questions

How will the powerful backers of the investigation react to Ben Zayn’s failure?
####Analysis

Several interesting hints about Ivanova and Talia Winters are dropped, most notably the fact that Ivanova was thinking of Winters when she and Gray were talking in the lounge. Ivanova’s insistence that no one must ever intrude upon the memory of her mother’s telepathic contact may foreshadow a less adversarial relationship between the two of them in the future. (cf. [[Mind War]])

The fact that Bester was able to intervene in the investigation at all suggests that he, and possibly Psi Cops in general, wield a lot of power in the Psi Corps. It is also conceivable that Bester and at least some of the factions in the Senate who backed the investigation are related.

Is Ivanova’s reluctance to be scanned simply what she says it is — a result of her contact with her mother and her general hatred of Psi Corps — or does she more immediate reasons, perhaps something to hide?
####Notes

Lennier’s chant, “Za ba ga bee,” is the title of an album by Barnes and Barnes, of which Bill Mumy is a member. (See jms speaks)

One of the masked men in Ivanova’s dream is played by Macauley Bruton, who also plays Garibaldi’s aide in [[Mind War]], [[And the Sky Full of Stars]], and [[Chrysalis]]. See jms speaks.